Topic: Worlds Ugliest car? (Read 5303 times)

Evilgoat · « **on:** May 30, 2007, 21:19:00 »

Saw my first one of these this morning, my god! its ugly!

Volvo C30

I mean the volvo 480 was bad but...

Datalas reckons however that this is the winner of the award...

So what do we think?

Lord Shagg-Pyle · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:20:52 »

Volvo= Davina McCall, very wide at the backend and rather brash
Scorpio=Wide mouth frog

Evilgoat · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:26:38 »

I can see something of the Mercs in the Scorpio.

Welshbreed · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:30:47 »

out of those two, i prefer the new'un

wizard · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:31:25 »

These damm things make me puke every time i see one.Even the old bird in the back is ashamed of it.

(edit - sorry Wizard, the original graphic was a bit too humungous - thermidor)

wizard :twisted:

Evilgoat · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:33:08 »

You might wanna resize that :)

Welshbreed · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:33:24 »

i agree with wizard. "that one ugly... ...!"

wizard · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:40:35 »

No i think it needs to be big just so you can appreciate how damm ugly this piece of crap really is.

wizard :twisted:

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:49:31 »

The Scorpio really takes the biscuit. You can't imagine what the designers were thinking of. IIRC the previous model outsold the Omega; after the "facelift" the Omega outsold the new model 5 to 1. I find the whole thing staggering. I'd have loved to have been in the board meeting when they finally decided to shoot it in the head.

However...

Was this actually designed by primary school children?

Evilgoat · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:55:44 »

Confirms what I always thought.

they just stick bits on the back of the hatchback to make the estate :)

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2007, 21:56:43 »

I can't get the Scorpio out of my head now. It's giving me nightmares. I remember a TV programme a few years ago where they found some middle aged executive and followed him around as he bought a second hand car. The guy decided to go for a Scorpio. I sat there, mouth wide open, shaking my head in disbelief. IT'S... A... FORD... SCORPIO! The seller must have been hysterical with laughter.

strapping young lad · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2007, 22:01:36 »

daewoo tacuma
renault scenic all models
the jag estate
rover 75 estate

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #12 on:** May 30, 2007, 22:03:43 »

Oh, how could I forget this...

datalas · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2007, 22:19:38 »

how about this ?

beast5680 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2007, 22:34:29 »

google the worlds ugliest car and you get this little suckerhttp://www.rexfeatures.com/features/516925/

damn she sure is ugly and at both ends :shock:

rollazuki · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2007, 23:18:18 »

Hey, steady on, Ive got a Multipla.

OK its a bit ugly, but its a damn fine motor for a family.

CaptainColourful · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2007, 01:40:34 »

Quote from: "beast5680"

google the worlds ugliest car and you get this little suckerhttp://www.rexfeatures.com/features/516925/

damn she sure is ugly and at both ends :shock:

That takes the biscuit I reckon..... he must be mad wasting so many years restoring it...

IMHO the Scorpio was a brave first attempt at what a lot of cars look like now... someone was either brave or high enough up the ladder that nobody dare tell him it was so ugly.

It might even have been designed as a safety measure to scare old ladies and little kids off the road.

Driving it was the same as the Granada, like sat in an armchair ! The driver doesn't see the front anyway...

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2007, 09:31:39 »

Quote from: "datalas"

how about this ?

Isn't that an X5? :twisted:

L90OOK · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2007, 09:52:32 »

:-& ](*,) [-X

Skibum346 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2007, 11:31:08 »

Quote from: "wizard"

These damm things make me puke every time i see one.Even the old bird in the back is ashamed of it.

(edit - sorry Wizard, the original graphic was a bit too humungous - thermidor)

wizard :twisted:

Agree that it's ugly on the outside.... but you know what... it's fantastic on the inside! 8) Me and she had one on hire for a week (co-incidence rather than choice I hasten to add!) and the space is great, driving layout, gadgets and flexibility for passangers is great. You can even have yer "burd" sitting next to you while yer cruisin the strip :roll: like a 50's yank tank!

:lol:

datalas · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2007, 12:23:55 »

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

Quote from: "datalas"
how about this ?

Isn't that an X5? :twisted:

Ahh, the freelander in a trilby ...

Did you know that the name "x5" came after the bit of maths they did on the freelander price list for it :D

RCRockCrawler · « **Reply #21 on:** May 31, 2007, 12:34:50 »

Rather than ugliest car, how 'bout ugliest car manufacturer, as I've yet to see an even bearable Ssangyong. :lol:

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #22 on:** May 31, 2007, 14:59:02 »

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

The Scorpio really takes the biscuit. You can't imagine what the designers were thinking of.
IIRC the previous model outsold the Omega; after the "facelift" the Omega outsold the new model 5 to 1. I find the whole thing staggering. I'd have loved to have been in the board meeting when they finally decided to shoot it in the head.

I quite like the Omega & it's on the 'Regret Never Buying One' list.
We almost got a 2.5Tdi CDX(?) estate before I bought the Discovery instead.

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

However...

Was this actually designed by primary school children?

I don't know, but there's a mum with one at my daughters school. I shield her eyes when she come out & has to walk past it :lol:

thermidorthelobster · « **Reply #23 on:** May 31, 2007, 17:13:19 »

I had an Omega too, with the BMW 6-cylinder diesel from the early P38. It had an "S" button on the auto gearshift. The "S" stood for "Smoke" - if you pressed the S button and booted the throttle, the car behind would disappear in a huge cloud of black smoke...

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #24 on:** May 31, 2007, 17:20:28 »

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"

I had an Omega too, with the BMW 6-cylinder diesel from the early P38.

That's the one!
We were looking at a manual though, sadly the maximum towing limit was getting on for the laden weight of our BWSOW at the time ('89 Swift Challenger 520/5TA)
I don't think the Omega would have (legally at least?) coped with the Crusader we bought next (1600KG MTPLW)

Bush Tucker Man · « **Reply #25 on:** May 31, 2007, 17:37:22 »

Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"

Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
However...

Was this actually designed by primary school children?

I don't know, but there's a mum with one at my daughters school. I shield her eyes when she come out & has to walk past it :lol:

On the other hand.... one of the dads has good taste

S188 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2007, 01:50:51 »

The Jeep comander makes me think LR did a good job on the Disco3. A random person that lives on my faverate way out of sheffield apears to have bought a comander recently (eather that or its been abandoned Richard Hammond style [pink micria CC] and no ones wanted to steel it yet), I think I'm going to find a new route to avoid the trormer of eye contact.

As for the 2 options above, its the ford - the volvo's not a great looker (though never seen one in the flesh) but has styleing. The scorpio however uses bland american styleing and manages to achive uglyness instead of invisable blandness. Having said that its still not as bad as most korean cars. Sanyoung (or however they are ment to be spelt) have to have make most of the worst designs though, I need counseling after seeing one of their cars on the road, luckally it seems few have so little taste as to actully buy one.

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